Two little boys told about visiting heaven, and saw their stories catapult to #1 on the New York Times best-seller list. One boy, Alex Malarkey, now says that his story was a lie, promulgated by his father for financial gain. The other, Colton Burpo, stands by his story and says, "Jesus really, really loves you." * * * * * There's been quite a kerfuffle this week after Alex Malarkey, now 16, went public to claim that the story which was told in the best-selling The Boy Who Cam … [Read more...]

When I was young, I had an esoteric view of heaven as a place where you sat around all day on a cloud, smiling and looking down at the earth below. "Pretty boring," I thought.So I have a question for you:Will we have work to do in heaven?Oh, I know that heaven is a place of "eternal rest." And for sure, there are some sorts of jobs we will leave behind.In heaven, we will not:groan when the alarm goes off at 6:20 a.m. dread the day ahead, when the boss will be crabby and t … [Read more...]

Now, Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. --John 20:30SAY WHAT?! I've always found that single sentence in the Gospel of John to be one of the most compelling. I mean, you're telling me there are other things that happened--other miracles, other healings, other resurrections, other multiplications of loaves and fishes--which the evangelist saw, but which he doesn't tell us about?Well, for gosh sakes, TELL ME MORE!! * * … [Read more...]